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First slaves brought to Virginia.
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Massachusetts is the first colony to legalize slavery
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New York makes it illegal for slaves to sell goods.
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The Pennsylvania Quakers pass the first formal antislavery resolution
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Vermont is the first of 13 colonies to abolish slavery.
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Rhode Island forbids the removal of slaves from the state
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Virginia prohibits the importation of slaves
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Delaware makes it illegal to enslave imported Africans
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Slavery is made illegal in the Northwest Territory. The U.S Constitution states that Congress may not ban slave trade until 1808
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3/5ths Compromise
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A federal fugitive slave law is enacted, providing for the return of slaves who had escaped and crossed state borders
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Fugitives slave act-The whole United States outlaws any efforts to impede the caputer of runaway slaves.
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United States ban slave trade, and importing African slaves is outlawed, but smuggling continues.
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Slave preacher Nat Turner, from Virginia, leads a slave revolt which lasts for two days. Sixty whites were killed until Nat and his followers were hanged
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American Civil War begins
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American Civil War ends
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Slavery is abolished